Everyone going through Administrative Processing in ISLAMABAD

[Omark 3]

Did columbus really discovered N.America? According to the history he discovered Bahams.

Hopeful786 My ssn doesnt start with 00 ... i as a mtter of fact had to apply at flushing office and i was expecting it would say not valid for employment but it doesnt.Anyways, are you going for the columbus day parade in manhattan?

Ali i am in IT (DBA) how abt urself?

[Hopeful786 0]

Did columbus really discovered N.America? According to the history he discovered Bahams.

Hopeful786 My ssn doesnt start with 00 ... i as a mtter of fact had to apply at flushing office and i was expecting it would say not valid for employment but it doesnt.Anyways, are you going for the columbus day parade in manhattan?

Ali i am in IT (DBA) how abt urself?

Then you should be ok insha'Allah, but still check and make sure. And it's TOOOOOOOOO cold to go to columbus day parade

[FEISAL 3]

Omark - DBA kool hot in demand in the US good for u - i m into IT too but on Computer Networks

[Hopeful786 0]

I don't know how you guys understand computer science, especially computer programming and computer networks... to many cin and couts ... I was just computer code illiterate lol

[Hopeful786 0]

And Columbus did not discover America, it's not fair to have a holiday for someone who didn't discover America!, they should change it to Amerigo Vespucci, the right explorer who discovered America (not in an ethical way, but that's a completely different dimension) lol

[kami 0]

Alhumdu Lillah, i have my visa in hand on 9th oct. 2009. Good luck to all who r still in AP.

[Hopeful786 0]

Alhumdu Lillah, i have my visa in hand on 9th oct. 2009. Good luck to all who r still in AP.

When was your interview?

[zee12 0]

Well guys, my parents are here, they got here friday night, and its been crazy exiting since then. They had no problem wats so ever in the immigration at port, so i guess they give all the hard time only wen you are in your country.

Kami: good to know u got yur passport, start looking for tickets now:)

Omar, even if it doenst say that you anything about yur emplyment on yur social security, you would still have to wait, i was also on a F 1 visa and went through the whole process. but i didnt leave the country though. if yu've already been here then you it wont be too hard for you to find yur way around, just find a cash job to kill time. it shouldnt take more 1-2 months for you to get yur ead any ways.

i am not sure, but i have seen a trend that AP for people with K1 visa's are taking a little longer than CR1. may be i am wrong. but just going through the time lines of different people i have been noticing this trend. Well, it will be over soon. InshaAllah, and belive me, one you get here, you wont even remeber it.

[Hopeful786 0]

zee12... I made the same observation that AP for k-1 takes longer... my reason is that they want to check that it is not a fraud relationship and is committed to getting married. ... that's my presumption... why do you think so?

[Omark 3]

Omark - DBA kool hot in demand in the US good for u - i m into IT too but on Computer Networks

Awesome dude are you certified yet? I got 4 letters for you and that should be ur goal CCIE (voice) thats where the dough is.

Zee12 i dont think there are any IT professionals working on cash.I will just hang in there till get the work permit or take my wife (then) on cross country trip ... you are right seems like K-1s has longer APs i am gonna mark 90 days on wed.

Kami Congratulations! what kinda visa ya got in ur hands?

[Omark 3]

I don't know how you guys understand computer science, especially computer programming and computer networks... to many cin and couts ... I was just computer code illiterate lol

Hope i still cant understand it i as a matter of fact m forgetting what i studied at QC did i tell you i flunked first CS course ? i was clueless i was under AP

[Hopeful786 0]

I don't know how you guys understand computer science, especially computer programming and computer networks... to many cin and couts ... I was just computer code illiterate lol

Hope i still cant understand it i as a matter of fact m forgetting what i studied at QC did i tell you i flunked first CS course ? i was clueless i was under AP

LMAO HAHAHA that was a good one... btw I'm taking conceptual physics and I learned the best thing ever that can calm us during the waiting process! MOMENTUM

Initial momentum of the immigration process= final momentum of the immigration process

Initial being that we sent out the petition and so excited and happy that our fiance/spouse will come and the final being that our fiance and spouse is here and the momentum is still conserved, the momentum of excitement and happiness! haha

Edited October 12, 2009 by Hopeful786

[A A 0]

Alhumdu Lillah, i have my visa in hand on 9th oct. 2009. Good luck to all who r still in AP.

ALHAMDULILLAH that's good to know realy your administrative processing was very short...have you travelled before for any country?and what is ur full name ? thanks to share a very good news have a good life ALLAH HAAFIZ

[MARM 7]

Congrats to everyone who recently got their visas in hand!

Omark: I think that you should confirm with the SSN office once you get here whether there is any restriction for work on your SSN. The reason it is a DHS restriction is because any employment is banned by DHS on a non-immigrant visa unless you are given the necessary documents to authorize you to work (which is the EAD). The K-1 can be confusing sometimes because it is a non-immigrant visa with the purpose to immigrate, meaning it is non-immigrant in the sense that it is to marry your fiance but it is an immigrant visa because you intend to live permanently in the USA after marriage. For all intents and purposes, the K-1 is a DUAL INTENT visa, which is why you cannot work until you get your EAD. But since you were an F-1 student before in the USA, the best thing to do is confirm with the SSN office when you get here about whether you have a work restriction on your SSN or not.

zee12: So happy that you are enjoying your parents here! :dance:

Hopeful786: Yes, I do agree with you that K-1 AP takes longer usually as compared to CR-1/IR-1 AP. I am not sure whether checks are repeated in AP if one was put in AR, like in our case, my fiance was on AR for about 5 months and is now on AP, which is routine check by DOS/Washington. So I guess maybe it depends on the embassy which you went through. London differentiates clearly between AP and AR. AR is for investigating relationship, documents, etc by choice of the CO, and AP is the mandatory Washington DC/DOS checks. I think for Islamabad, AP and AR are combined in one because Islamabad investigates everything in any case, unlike London which usually gives visas very easily.

We hope and pray InshaAllah that everyone gets out of AP very soon and we get good news this week!

And speaking of professions...my fiance is an MBA-Finance as well as a DBA

I am a Non-Invasive Diagnostic Specialist (By profession, I am a psychologist, but have recently decided to change my profession this last year)

Edited October 13, 2009 by MARM

[Hopeful786 0]

Thank you Marm for the information... I'm going to wait it out and see how long they are going to take for the documents to be reviewed. And I think you're right the AP/AR is combined, because my uncle's wife had to submit documents and she got the visa call after 3 months and a week and they gave back her passport 3 weeks later which marked the 4 month exactly.

You guys have no idea how happy I am to see people responding and posting ... I'm glad this post is more active than before yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy